Sri Lanka has witnessed a rise in the number of maternal deaths during the first year of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency where maternal deaths have increased by one third compared to the previous year.
US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn the election result.
Wimal Katipearachchi, the features editor of the 'Lanka' newspaper, has lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against a defamatory news report that was published by a website along with his photograph.
Secretary to the President, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has stated that the operations of ministries have come to a complete standstill and only the President, the Army Commander and himself have carried out constructive work in the past year, adding that the President is deeply concerned with the current state of affairs.